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Troy and Marie McDonald had a rocky marriage marked by domestic disturbances and substance abuse. They filed for divorce and a judge had issued a final order of dissolution to be effective in October
Before 1985, Franklin Timmons and his wife, Kathryn, owned property that included a marina called the “Boatyard,” where Timmons operated the family business. Timmons’s primary income was
Janet and Frank Mandeville were married in 1975 and remained married until Janet died in 2002, after a battle with breast cancer. The Mandevilles acquired two properties during their marriage, their
The Buzby Landfill was operated from 1966 to 1978. Although it was not licensed to receive liquid industrial or chemical wastes, large amounts of hazardous materials and chemicals were dumped there.
Angel Castelan and Marvin Huezo are friends who enjoy visiting the Universal Studios theme park. They were each denied access to one of their favorite rides, The Mummy, because they did not satisfy
William Jefferys’s parents transferred parcels of their land to the Gardners with a deed that contained a restrictive covenant that required that a specified part of the property be kept open and
Schlichtling lived on her property since 1979 and had a friendly relationship with her then-neighbors, the Nitsos. The boundary between the two parcels had never been surveyed, and the parties had a
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Sheikhpour had entered into a settlement agreement that would require Sheikhpour to complete reconstruction work on his gas station. When Sheikhpour did not do the work,
Schweber contracted to purchase a certain black RollsRoyce Corniche automobile from Rallye Motors. He made a $3,500 deposit on the car. Rallye later returned his deposit to him and told him that the
On July 1, 2005, Gary Woods purchased a Maytag 30-inch gas range oven from Plesser’s, a department store in Babylon, New York. The gas oven came with a warranty that provided as follows: Full One
In April, Reginald Bell contracted to sell potatoes to Red Ball Potato Company for fall delivery. The contract specified that the potatoes were to be “85 percent U.S. 1’s.” In Red Ball’s
Rita Emeterio bought disposable butane lighters for use at her bar. Her daughter, Gloria Hernandez, took lighters from the bar time to time for her personal use. Hernandez’s five-year-old daughter,
A General Motors pickup truck driven by Paul Babcock went off the road and struck a tree. The accident rendered Mr. Babcock a paraplegic. Roughly a year later, he died as a result of complications
Richard Jimenez was injured when a disc for the handheld electric disc grinder he had purchased from Sears Roebuck shattered while he used the grinder to smooth down a steel weld. When Jimenez
William Croskey was seriously injured in July 2000 when his girlfriend’s 1992 BMW automobile overheated and he opened the hood to add fluid. Because the plastic neck on the car’s radiator failed,
Sandra Goodin purchased a new Hyundai Sonata automobile in November 2000 from an Evansville, Indiana, dealer. The Sonata’s manufacturer, Hyundai Motor America, provided a written express warranty
Yong Cha Hong bought take-out fried chicken from a Roy Rogers Family Restaurant owned by the Marriott Corporation. While eating a chicken wing from her order, she bit into an object that she
In October 2002, Tina and Thad Crowe purchased a 1999 Dodge Durango automobile from CarMax Auto Superstores, Inc. They received a 30-day/1,000-mile express warranty from CarMax. In addition, the
Kindsvater boat to Robert Clouser for $8,500. The agreement stipulated that Clouser was to make a down payment of $1,700, with the balance due when he took possession of the boat. According to the
In 2006, M. Jay Carter hired Robert “Casey” Jones, a real estate agent at The Janet Jones Company, to represent him in a real estate transaction with Ernie and Karen Cline. Carter intended to
Smith and his coworkers signed an at-will employment agreement that promised a deferred salary of $15,000 “[i]n the event that Employee remains employed for two years.” The agreement also
East Capitol hired Robinson on a one-year contract that stated that her continued employment would be based on her performance but said nothing about her employment being based on funding. East
In 1992, White and J.M. Brown Amusement Co. entered into a contract giving Brown exclusive rights to place “certain coin-operated amusement machines” in 13 of White’s stores, all in Oconee and
Arnhold and Argoudelis agreed to sell their farm to Ocean Atlantic with a closing date originally set for November 1997. After delay in satisfying conditions precedent and several postponements of
The Grondas, who owned a party store along with land, fixtures, equipment, and a liquor license, entered into a contract to sell their liquor license and fixtures to Harbor Park Market in an
The Wattses contracted to sell real estate to MW Development in a contract that specified July 31 as the date for the closing. MW paid the Wattses a down payment and contracted to pay them 8 percent
Eagle Mountain City entered into a contract with Cedar Valley Water Association to share in any recovery from a legal malpractice action against the City’s attorneys, Parsons Kinghorn & Harris
Alegent, the owner of a hospital, staffed its emergency room by contracting with Premier Health, which supplied ER physicians from New Century Physicians of Nebraska, each as independent contractors.
In February 1980, Mary Pratt entered into a contract to buy a Dairy Queen restaurant from Harold and Gladys Rosenberg. The terms of the contract for the franchise, inventory, and equipment were a
Ramirez loaned Regalado $75,000. In return, Regalado assigned $65,000 of his eventual recovery in a workers’ compensation matter on which Bloom represented him. Bloom signed the assignment along
HVAC Inc., a contractor that installs and services air handling equipment, was sued by Jacco & Associates for breach of contract after HVAC canceled an order and refused to pay the $23,000
In July 2002, attorneys Linscott, Shasteen, and Brock formed a law firm and two years later drafted a proposed shareholder agreement specifying how attorney fees would be divided if any of the three
St. Jude Medical S.C. is a medical device manufacturer. In July 2001, Jennifer Schaadt began working as a product manager in St. Jude’s Cardiac Rhythm Management Division. By all accounts, she
John Jacobs, the owner of Sataria Distribution and Packaging, met with Mark Hinkel in August 2005 to discuss the possibility that Hinkel might go to work for Sataria instead of continuing to work for
During a prenatal appointment for her high-risk pregnancy, Monica Moore was told to complete a series of forms related to medical treatment, privacy rights, and payment of services. Neither the
Marcinczyk, a security officer at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), received a promotion to the position of police officer conditioned upon his attendance at a police
Plaintiff filed a lawsuit after discovering that defendant allegedly had engaged in a fraudulent accounting scheme designed to reduce plaintiff’s compensation by expensing monies, which defendant
Piatek had served a 10-year term in San Quentin State Prison for assault with a deadly weapon with great bodily injury. His criminal background prevented him from acquiring the license to sell
Defendants who are citizens of the United Kingdom and have played, taught, coached, and worked in the soccer industry most of their lives were hired by plaintiffs to provide soccer camp services to
Fourteen-year-old Taneia Galloway attended a field trip to Milwaukee with Upward Bound, a youth outreach program. On the field trip, Galloway was injured when she was struck by a car as she attempted
A boy bought an Ernie Banks rookie card for $12 from an inexperienced clerk in a baseball card store owned by Johnson. The card had been marked “1200,” and Johnson, who had been away from the
In October 1995, Mitchell, a 17-year-old married minor, was injured in an auto accident while riding in a car owned by her father and driven by her husband. Subsequently, while Mitchell was still 17,
Five-year-old Trent Woodman’s parents had his birthday party at Bounce Party, which is operated by Kera LLC. Bounce Party is an indoor play area that contains inflatable play equipment. Before the
In the fall of 2001, Kim Young, who at the time was 18 years old and had been living with her parents all of her life, decided that she “wanted to move out and get away from [her] parents and be on
Robertson, while a minor, contracted to borrow money from his father for a college education. His father mortgaged his home and took out loans against his life insurance policies to get some of the
Stambovky, a resident of New York City, contracted to buy a house in the Village of Nyack, New York, from Ackley. The house was widely reputed to be possessed by poltergeists, which Ackley and
In February 2006, Konstantinos Koumboulis shot and killed his wife and himself inside his house in a Pennsylvania community. The murder/suicide was highly publicized in the local media and on the
Keith contracted to build a house for Radford. Shortly before the closing, he met with Radford, accused her of fraud, and threatened to prevent the deal from closing. During the meeting, Keith’s
Boskett, a part-time coin dealer, paid $450 for a dime purportedly minted in 1916 and two additional coins of relatively small value. After carefully examining the dime, Beachcomber Coins, a retail
Rodi was recruited to the defendant law school, which had provisional accreditation, by statements indicating that accreditation would be forthcoming. (However, the school’s catalog, which was sent
Susannah Baxter’s mother Betty married Bazel Winstead in 1998. Susannah grew up with Betty and Bazel, and Bazel raised her as his daughter. Susannah’s siblings John, Stephen, and Lanie were older
Perry Rowan worked at Salomon North America Inc. as a glide tester for snow skis. Glide testing determines which ski waxes and structures of the ski bottom run the fastest on the snow located at the
Bob Acres entered into a written contract to buy 25 acres of land from Schumacher Farms for $70,000. The contract recited that Bob Acres had paid $500 earnest money, but it never did pay this money.
Dr. James Taylor was employed as president of the University of the Cumberlands for 35 years beginning in August 1980. Over the course of a decade, the university entered into and reaffirmed a
Patricia Contreras borrowed $5,000 from Kyung-Hu Kim so that she could buy a badly needed used car. She had previously gotten around on an old Vespa scooter, but she recently learned she was pregnant
John and Jennifer Margeson entered into a contract to sell a weight-loss franchise business called “Inchesa-Weigh” to Theresa Artis. The parties signed a written “Asset Purchase Agreement” on
Rena Gottlieb was a member of the “Diamond Club” at the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. To become a Diamond Club member, an individual must visit a promotional booth in the casino,
William Skebba was a top sales executive for M.W. Kasch Co. The company was failing financially, and Skebba received another job offer. Jeffrey Kasch, one of the owners of the company, persuaded
McGurn entered into negotiations to begin work at Bell Microproducts as a regional vice president. McGurn was eager for any employment agreement to include a termination clause that would entitle him
Andrew and Joyce Kay Pride owned a house in Nodaway County, Missouri, which they placed for sale in 2002. The Prides moved to a farm, so the house sat empty for some time while it was on the market.
Richard Davis, a South Carolina real estate broker who buys underpriced properties to renovate and sell (i.e., “flipping” homes), conceived of and developed a pilot episode of a television show
Belden was AEC’s longtime supplier of wire, which it used in its sensors, including the sensors that it sold to Chrysler for inclusion in its cars. In 2003, Belden began using nonconforming
Cynthia Hines purchased a vacuum cleaner online from Overstock.com, believing that she was buying an unused product. When the vacuum cleaner was delivered, however, Hines discovered that it was not
Family Video made a written offer to buy out Home Folks’ lease because it wanted to purchase and open a video store on the property on which Home Folks operated a restaurant. Over four months went
Michael Freeman and Cindy Hazen listed an auction on eBay for their historic home, which was once owned by Elvis Presley. A partnership formed to participate in the auction for the home and used
Comedian Bill Maher appeared on the January 7, 2013, episode of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. In an interview largely focused on poking fun at politicians, Maher turned his attention to
Frank Meram attended a presentation by Robert MacDonald, who was promoting his new book, Cheat to Win. MacDonald was a multimillionaire who had started as an insurance agent and built his company,
Armstrong and Pottle worked as ceramic grinders at Morton International’s Spencer facility. When the Rohm & Haas Co. (“R&H”) acquired Morton, it gave employees a month to decide whether
Stephen Gall and his family became ill after drinking contaminated water supplied to their home by the McKeesport Municipal Water Authority. They filed suit against the utility, arguing, among other
On March 21, 2003, Robert Palese bought five Delaware State Lottery tickets from a Delaware liquor store. To select his numbers for the game, Palese used a “play slip” that contained five game
LandTech Co. entered an “Outsourcing Agreement” with Ohio Fresh Eggs, LLC, and Trillium Farm Holdings, LLC, pursuant to which LandTech would obtain the right to remove chicken manure from the
The Weitz Company, a general contractor, received an invitation to bid on a planned nursing facility. H & S Plumbing and Heating submitted a bid to Weitz for the plumbing work, as well as the
Donald Lambert and Don Barron were friends. They had a longstanding professional relationship based on their service together on the Louisiana State Board of Licensed Contractors. Lambert was a
In 2006, Claudia Aceves obtained from her bank a loan in the amount of $845,000 to buy a house. The loan had an initial interest rate of 6.35 percent. After two years, the rate became adjustable and
Over the course of six years, David Hix, on behalf of his company HAD Enterprises, had repeatedly asked Wanda Galloway, who owned the property adjacent to Hix’s, to allow him to fill in the pond on
Aereo Inc. sells a service that allows its paying subscribers to watch television programs over the Internet at about the same time as the programs are broadcast over the air. Most of these programs
In the late 1980s, SEB S.A., a French firm, invented a “cool-touch” deep fryer a home-use appliance with external surfaces that remain cool during the frying process. SEB obtained a U.S. patent
Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) and DIRECTV Inc. are major players in the multichannel video service industry. TWC is the second-largest cable company in the United States. TWC and other cable providers
Google Inc. operates a search engine that accesses many thousands of websites and indexes them in a database stored on Google’s computers. Google generates revenue through an advertising program
Louis Vuitton Malletier (Vuitton) is a well-known manufacturer of luxury luggage, leather goods, handbags, and accessories. Vuitton has a number of trademarks that it regularly uses in connection
Two persons who worked together to develop a business method applied for a patent. The invention for which they sought a patent explained how buyers and sellers of commodities in the energy market
Starbucks Corp., a company primarily engaged in the sale of coffee products, was founded in Seattle in 1971. Starbucks has grown to more than 8,700 retail locations in the United States, Canada, and
In car engines without computer-controlled throttles, the accelerator pedal interacts with the throttle via a cable or other mechanical link. The traditional mechanical design of an accelerator pedal
Betty Webb ventured out in the rain to shop at a Dick’s Sporting Goods store. Upon her arrival, Webb noticed puddles in the parking lot and proceeded cautiously to the store’s entrance. As she
ppalachian Power Co. (APCO) owns the Philip Sporn power plant (Sporn), a coal-fired power plant that generates electricity by burning coal to create steam and then passing the steam through a
Vera Dyer and her sons owned a Maine home believed to be more than 70 years old. The home had a cement foundation and floor. A stand-alone garage with a cement floor was constructed in the 1980s. In
On August 24, William Garris III and David Billups flew from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Joplin, Missouri, on a business trip for their employer, Carolina Forge Co. The trip was scheduled to take
LuAnn Plonski alleged that after shopping at a Kroger Co. grocery store in Indianapolis, Indiana, during afternoon hours, she proceeded to the store’s parking lot (where her car was parked), placed
Neal Berberich entered into a contract with Naomi Jack to perform work on her South Carolina home. During the course of the project, a controversy arose regarding Jack’s use of an automatic
Performance Plumbing and Heating (Performance) was in the business of installing water and sewer plumbing at Denver-area constitution sites. Unless assigned a company vehicle, Performance employees
Five months after the September 11, 2001, hijackings of airplanes and less than two months after a passenger on a Paris to Miami flight attempted to detonate explosives hidden in his shoe, Bryan and
Alvin and Gwendolyn Kallman retained All American Pest Control (AAPC) to treat and prevent pest infestation at their Virginia home on a quarterly basis. AAPC employee Patric Harrison performed one of
During the evening hours, Hen Horn, a truck driver employed by Ralphs Grocery Co. (Ralphs), was driving in California on Interstate 10 as part of his job duties. Horn stopped his tractor-trailer rig
Mann was the attorney for the Town of Rye, a New York community. He filed a defamation lawsuit against a newspaper that served the Rye area and against the writer of that newspaper’s Town Crier
Mark Chanko was brought into the emergency room of New York and Presbyterian Hospital (the Hospital). He had been hit by a vehicle but was alert and responding to questions. Dr. Sebastian Schubl was
Ann Bogie attended a comedy performance by Joan Rivers. During the performance, Rivers told a joke about the legendary Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind. This joke offended an audience member who
In December 2000, a group of 18 plaintiffs sued James Pillen and various other defendants, seeking injunctive relief and damages on the theory that the defendants’ hog confinement operation
Victoria Dauzat and Phyllis Jeansonne were shopping at a Dollar General store. Security cameras were in operation at the store that day. A Dollar General employee, Amanda Poarch, commenced
The late Evel Knievel, a motorcycle daredevil, acquired considerable fame as a result of his widely publicized and dangerous stunts during a career that began in the mid-1960s. Knievel’s exploits
Dr. David Kipper filed a defamation lawsuit in a New York trial court against NYP Holdings Co. (NYP), the owner and publisher of the New York Post. Kipper based his case on an article in the December

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